Tag: stolen
5 Precautions to Take If Your Phone is Lost or Stolen Abroad
Armed Robbers steal 6,000 copies of Modern Warfare 3
We all want to get our hands on a copy of Modern Warfare 3 don't we? Some people want to get their hands on it more than others, none more so than armed bandits who stole 6,000 copies of…
Laptop Loss League Awards reveal year's strangest computer thefts
Absolute Software, a leading provider of computer theft recovery and data protection solutions have had a pretty busy year, returning around 100 laptops every week that had been reported stolen by thier users around the world. While it's a headache…
44% of Brits miss out on magical holiday snaps as cameras have become "too complex"
Ever missed out on capturing a magical holiday moment because you couldn't figure out the settings on your digital camera? Well, with us at Tech Digest being technology gurus we can't say we have to be honest. But if you…
New research reveals more laptops get stolen from homes than anywhere else
New research from laptop security company Absolute Software has revealed that a third of all British laptop thefts happen at home. This is far higher than any other country around the world. The study, carried out in conjunction with YouGov,…
How to… make it look like someone's already stolen your car stereo
Sounds like a very stupid way to spend a Sunday afternoon, but wait. Wait until you’ve seen the photograph.
The idea behind this superb Instructables piece is to make it look like someone’s ripped out your car stereo – so no one bothers trying to rip out your car stereo. It’s the in-car equivalent of walking around town with torn clothes and blood on your face, so no one bothers mugging you.
It’s one man’s idea. One man’s way to stop the local glue-sniffers from nicking his car stereo every Friday night, by covering up the docking clips and making it look like there’s nothing…
(Only!) Half the music stored on MP3 players is stolen
According to a survey from British Music Rights, only half of the music on the iPods/Zens/Sansas of the nation’s 14-24 year-olds had actually been paid for legitimately.
The average musical youth has 1770 tracks stored on their MP3 player of choice, but half of that lot’s been nicked off the internet or, more likely, copied from the hard drive…
